Music by Tony Bridgewater

About

Tony Bridgewater was a student at the Birmingham School of Music and St John’s College, Cambridge, studying composition with Peter Tranchell and piano with Malcolm Wilson and Renee Reznek. He has also participated in piano workshops with Margaret Fingerhut, David Owen Norris and James Lisney, and conducting workshops with Rodney Winther, formerly of Cincinatti University.

He gives regular recitals as an accompanist to local musicians, especially the violinist Anna Downes in the Himley Duo, and appears frequently in the 'Local and Live' concert series in Stourbridge. In September 2016 he was also appointed Principal Accompanist for the Kidderminster Male Choir.

He has composed a wide range of music, including orchestral and choral music, pieces for concertband and smaller instrumental and vocal works, In November 2015, the pianist Margaret Fingerhut gave the first performance of his Concert Piece for piano and orchestra , and in March 2017 he conducted the premiere of a fifteen minute tone poem for orchestra ‘The Legend of the Tamar’. Later that year Paula Downes gave the first performances of his song cycle 'The Other Side of a Mirror'. Forthcoming premieres include his Suite for Oboe and Piano, and 'Memories of Scotland; a Fantasy on Scottish Folk Songs'.

His music for brass and wind instruments is published by Forton Music, including his Sonata for Flutes, first performed in 2015 by the National Flute Orchestra, his Trumpet Sonata, 'Overture for a Festival' for Concerband and the Suite for Oboe.

In 2014 he was elected a trustee of the Birmingham Conservatoire Association, and he has also served on the Conservatoire Development Council, supporting the building and development of the new Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

He has also conducted student groups on many tours to Europe and America, and performed in venues such as Barcelona Cathedral, Montserrat Abbey, Salzburg Cathedral and St Mark’s Cathedral, Venice. See more about Tony's conducting experience here

His other interests include classic cars, art, gardening, films, photography and family life with his wife Veronica and their two children.